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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options: (mastodon.social)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can't upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:

Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
Try a beginner friendly #Linux distro like #linuxmint. It only takes about two months to acclimate.

@nixCraft @linux @windowscentralbot

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I understand you want people to switch to Linux but

90 weeks is far away. It drops in October 2025
You'll still get security updates for a few years
After that there will be paid support which people will get around and find ways to install
Windows 10 LTSC (best version of Windows IMO) still exists. The Enterprise LTSC version will have support till 2027 and the IoT version will have support till 2032. You can get them if you know how to look around

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

All the more time for Valve to expand on Proton and push Linux compatibility, and for EA and the rest to get their thumbs out of their collective asses and support it at all

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Its quite difficult to get legit LTSC licenses unless you're a large org.

Last time I looked into it anyway. You can buy ltsc keys from third parties but AFAIK Microsoft will deactivate the license if they realize how you acquired it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I'll just leave this here for educational purposes https://massgrave.dev/ https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah I wasn't talking about getting it the legal way. They don't care unless you're a business.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Plus, you can actually install Windows 11 on the same hardware as Windows 10 pretty easily. Microsoft just does not want you to.